diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/minimal-sandbox.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/minimal-sandbox.args
deleted file mode 100644
index c0878334cd..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/minimal-sandbox.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386 \
--name QEMUGuest1 \
--S \
--machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
--m 214 \
--realtime mlock=off \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--display none \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server=on,wait=off \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--no-acpi \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
--device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
--sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/minimal-sandbox.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/minimal-sandbox.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8701906357..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/minimal-sandbox.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <title>A description of the test machine.</title>
-  <description>
-      A test of qemu&apos;s minimal configuration.
-      This test also tests the description and title elements.
-  </description>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='1-4,8-20,525'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
-    <boot dev='hd'/>
-  </os>
-  <clock offset='utc'/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index a73f18c046..ca0096d02b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1050,8 +1050,6 @@ mymain(void)
     g_unsetenv("SDL_AUDIODRIVER");
 
     DO_TEST("minimal", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("minimal-sandbox",
-            QEMU_CAPS_SECCOMP_BLACKLIST);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("minimal-no-memory", NONE);
 
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("genid");